Figgs v. State

Full title: David FIGGS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Date published: Oct 18, 2013

123 So. 3d 680 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

Opinion

No. 5D11–4221.

2013-10-18

David FIGGS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, Bob Leblanc, Judge. James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Kevin R. Holtz, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ann M. Phillips, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PALMER

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, Bob Leblanc, Judge.
James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Kevin R. Holtz, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ann M. Phillips, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.
PALMER, J.

David Figgs (defendant) timely appeals his sentences for carjacking with a firearm ¹, aggravated assault ², and armed robbery.³ He contends that the trial court committed fundamental error in adjudicating him guilty and sentencing him on both the armed robbery and the carjacking with a firearm charges because the only item he took from the victim was the key to the car that he carjacked. The State properly concedes that the defendant's dual convictions violate double jeopardy. See Hanfield v. State, 40 So.3d 905 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010); Price v. State, 816 So.2d 738 (Fla. 3d DCA 2002). Therefore, we reverse the defendant's conviction for carjacking with a firearm and direct the trial court to vacate that conviction and sentence. We affirm the defendant's other convictions and sentences.

1 § 812.133, Fla. Stat. (2013).

2 § 784.021, Fla. Stat. (2013).

3 § 812.13(1)-(2)(a), Fla. Stat. (2013).

AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part; REMANDED.

ORFINGER and BERGER, JJ., concur.